Ready to Fumble: The Worst Detective Ever, Book 1

Joey Darling, better known to the world as Raven Remington, detective extraordinaire, is trying to separate herself from her invincible alter ego. She played the spunky character for five years on a hit TV show which catapulted her to fame. When her marriage falls apart, her finances dwindle to nothing, and her father disappears, Joey finds herself on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, trying to piece her life back together away from the limelight. A woman finds Raven - er, Joey - and insists on hiring her fictional counterpart to find a missing boyfriend.

Oath of Honor: Blue Justice Series, Book 1

Police officer Isabelle St. John loves her crazy, loud law-enforcement family. And she knows they'll be there for her when things get tough. Like when her partner is murdered and she barely escapes with her own life. Determined to discover exactly what happened, Izzy's investigation sends her headfirst into a criminal organization, possibly with cops on the payroll - including someone from her own family. With her dead partner's handsome homicide detective brother Ryan shadowing her every move, Izzy's head is spinning.

Dangerous Illusions: Code of Honor, Book 1

Trish Bailey is on overload trying to deal with a demanding job, an ailing mother, and a healing heart. When a series of unsettling memory lapses leads to a tragic death - and puts Trish under police scrutiny - her world is once again thrown into turmoil. Detective Colin Flynn isn't certain what to think of the facts he uncovers during his investigation. Did Trish simply make a terrible mistake, or is there more to the case than meets the eye?

The Love Letters

When her sister falls gravely ill, 20-year-old Marlena Wenger takes on the responsibility of caring for her infant niece, Angel Rose. Worried that this turn of events portends a more complicated future than he is prepared for, her beau ends their relationship. Marlena is devastated but is determined to give Angel Rose the best care possible.

Shadows of the Past: Logan Point, Book 1

Psychology professor and criminal profiler Taylor Martin prides herself on being able to solve any crime except the one she wants most desperately to solve - the disappearance of her father 20 years ago. When she finally has a lead on his whereabouts, Taylor returns home to Logan Point, Mississippi, to investigate. But as she works to uncover the truth, someone else will do almost anything to keep her from it.

Cold Shot: Chesapeake Valor, Book 1

In college, Griffin McCray and his four best friends had their lives planned out. Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore PD. Declan Gray would head to the FBI, and Parker Mitchell would go on to graduate school as a crime scene analyst. But then Luke vanished before graduation, and their world - and friendships - crumbled. Now Griffin is a park ranger at Gettysburg, having left life as a SWAT-team sniper when a case went bad.

Mel A says:"Great start of New Series"

Publisher's Summary

Gabby St. Claire dropped out of school on her way to completing a degree in forensic science. Instead, she did the next best thing: she started her own crime scene cleaning business. When a routine cleaning job uncovers a murder weapon the police overlooked, she realizes that the wrong person is in jail. But the owner of the weapon is willing to do anything to keep Gabby quiet. With the help of her neighbor, Riley Thomas, Gabby plays detective. But can Riley help her before another murder occurs?

I didn't realize this was Christian fiction when I got the book. The story was good, I liked the characters but there were just too many references to God and whether you should believe in Him or not for me to really enjoy it.

But if that's what you enjoy when listening to books then you will probably enjoy this one.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

L K Redding

Blaine, WA, United States

27/04/16

Overall

"Good, for a first novel, plus one."

This is a decent book, especially for first novel (I hope that is what this is). I look forward to seeing how the skills of the author progress. I felt the storyline flowed, and there were a few twists and turns that were unexpected. I increased the rating by one star, because I REALLY appreciate a clean story! I also wish there was less romance and more of simply friendship building. I appreciate friendship building, but not everything rotates around love.

I don't have any problem with a story that adds Christian themes, and even though this does throw a little in, really it isn't much. Not compared to other books I have read.

The narrator seemed inexperienced, and (hopefully) will improve over time. There were several instances of mispronounced words, page turns are distinctively evident, and a few times that she repeated a sentence immediately after a brief pause. Speaking of which, there are several times, most of which were in the first part, where there were distinctively long, unaccounted for pauses.

Overall, I will try the next book in the series.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Heidi

19/11/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Page turning literally and figuratively"

Great book! Very interesting and well written but the performance was not edited and in some parts repeated. You could also clearly hear the reader turning pages. Outside that it was great

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Vivian

Valencia, CA

20/10/17

Overall

Performance

Story

"Great story terrible narrator!"

A narrator can make or break an audio book. This narrator was horrible. I read the book twice. It could not stomach to listen to.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Jan

United States

18/07/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Looks like a great mystery series to get into!"

Overburdened by guilt and grief from the past, and frustrated by unfulfilled ambition, this Adult Child of an Alcoholic still manages to make life an okay place to be. She planned to work in forensic science, but has to make do with being crime scene clean up. Some of her attitudes and impulsiveness are characteristic, but that doesn't mean that she should be the target of attempted murder (more than once) or treated like a dimwit. She has some quirky friends, and there is romantic interest. Generally a really interesting read.Janet Campus gives a great performance and adds much to already well delineated characters (pun intended).Purchased as Whispersync courtesy of Book Gorilla.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Amazon Customer

New Haven, CT, United States

06/04/13

Overall

Performance

Story

"A decent plotline poorly narrated"

What would have made Hazardous Duty better?

More expression in the voice of the narrator. She reads almost every line in the same tone of voice.

What could Christy Barritt have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Made the heroine a little less pushy. Or given her qualities which made up for it.

How could the performance have been better?

See above. More expression and more sense that the sentences flow into each other.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Hazardous Duty?

Umm.. none come to mind.

Any additional comments?

Change the narrator and I might buy the next one.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Amazon Customer

05/12/17

Overall

Performance

Story

"Story ok, narration not."

Could hear the narrator turning pages, lines were repeated and lacked appropriate breaks in cadence.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Lish71

allentown, pa

10/08/17

Overall

Performance

Story

"horrible narrator "

one of the worst narrator's ever. no different voices. could hear pages turning. would go gay then slow. could not figure out who was speaking all the time. hard to follow the story. story was ok. choppy.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Heather R. Norman

Long Island, NY

18/07/17

Overall

Performance

Story

"action meets romance and Christianity!"

The story was easy to follow, nicely paced to hold your attention and I personally liked the Christian aspect of the storyline.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Alicia Lee

07/07/17

Overall

Performance

Story

"Very good story"

Although this story didn't end like I thought it would, I really enjoyed this story!!!👍🏻

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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